Koshigaya (越谷) is a city in Saitama (埼玉).

Understand

Tourist information site

The local tourist association has a Japanese-only guide site.

Get in

Koshigaya (越谷) is accessible on the Tobu Skytree line from Ueno or the Musashino line from Tokyo/Funabashi.

Get around

Koshigaya city has 7 stations within the city boundaries, they are Gamo (蒲生), Shin-Koshigaya (新越谷), Koshigaya (越谷), Kita-Koshigaya (北越谷) and Sengendai (せんげん台) on the Isesaki Line and 2 stations on the Musashino Line, Koshigaya Laketown (越谷レイクタウン) and Minami Koshigaya (南越谷).

See

In April, the river near Kita Koshigaya station is lined with blossoming sakura (cherry blossom) trees. A walk of about 1 km will bring you to a park that has been filled with the beautiful flowering trees.

Buy

• Aeon Lake Town (イオンレイクタウン). The largest shopping complex in Japan and one of the largest in Asia with 700+ shops. It has three premises:"kaze", "mori" and newer "outlet". Opened in 2008. (updated Feb 2024)

Eat

McDonald's and Yoshinoya are right near the train station, as well as several other restaurants and vendor booths.

Go next

Tokyo is within easy reach of Koshigaya, about 30 minutes to Ueno (上野) and 50 minutes to Ginza (銀座).

• Soka
• Yoshikawa
• Matsubushi
• Kasukabe
• Kawaguchi
• Saitama
• Noda (Saitama) - town in Saitama. Don't confuse with Noda city in Chiba.
• Sugito
• Matsudo

Routes through Koshigaya

Nishi Kokubunji ← Minami Urawa ← Higashi Kawaguchi ←	W  E	→ Shin Misato → Shin Matsudo → Nishi Funabashi
Ashikaga ← Tatebayashi ← in to ← Kasukabe ←	N  S	→ Nishi-Arai → Asakusa
Nikko ← Tochigi ← in to ←Kasukabe ←	N  S	→ Kitasenjyu → in to → Ueno → Ginza
Aomori ← Utsunomiya ← Oyama ←	N  S	→ Adachi → Ueno → Tokyo
Iruma ← Tokorozawa ← Urawa ←	W  E	→ END